Transportation
Is It Stealing if You Charge Your Electric Car in a Public Outlet?
One man was jailed for topping his car off at the local middle school.
In a bind, you probably wouldn't think twice about recharging your cell phone in the nearest public outlet, maybe in a hotel lobby or a bookstore or (via Mike Riggs) in the men's room of a bus terminal. Our increasingly electronic lives sometimes demand electricity on the go.
No big deal, right? You just need a few minutes. But what if the battery that's running low happens to be in your electric car?